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A fair coin is tossed. if tail appears on first four tosses then the probability of head appearing on fifth toss is

 A fair coin is tossed. if tail appears on first four tosses then the probability of head appearing on fifth toss is

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BALAJI ANDALAMALA
askIITians Faculty 78 Points
8 years ago
It does not depend upon the outcomes of the first four tosses.So the required probabiliity is ½.
Ankit Jaiswal
165 Points
8 years ago
if the coin is fair then the oucome of the fifth toss does not depend upon the outcomes of the first four tosses.hence the probability of head appearing on the fifth toss is always1/2

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